The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, February 21, 1964
Waxing Gibbous
63.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
2:21 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.1%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 509
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Feb 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 59.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.18° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.31° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.